HB 380 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise meeting date for presidential electors to align with federal law

HB 380 revises the specific date when presidential electors in Montana are required to meet to cast their votes for President and Vice President. Currently, electors meet on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December; this bill changes that date to the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December. This adjustment is intended to align Montana's electoral meeting schedule with the federal Electoral Count Act. The change primarily affects the procedural timeline for presidential electors and the Secretary of State during a presidential election year.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed May 5, 2025

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HB0380_X.pdf → HB0380_X(1).pdf · 1 edit

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The bill text was cleaned up by removing unnecessary quotation marks and extra spacing, while the effective date provision was slightly shortened. These are purely technical formatting changes that do not alter the bill's legal meaning or policy impact.

TECHNICAL

Removed quotation marks and extra blank lines from the end of the title and the end of the document to improve formatting.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2025 · House Feb 19, 2025

How they voted

43–5

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 50

Apr 14, 2025

D Democratic18

17 Yea 1

94% Yea

R Republican32

26 Yea 5 Nay 1

81% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Key actions

Committee

May 1, 2025

Signed into law

(H) Signed by Governor

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Signed by President

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Signed by Speaker

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (43-5-2)

senate

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Report - (S) State Administration

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) State Administration

upper

Mar 1, 2025

Committee

(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration

upper

Feb 19, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (100-0)

house

Feb 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors